Resource classification harmonising people and nature’s needs

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Water policy The need for a fundamental change in South Africa’s approach to water management is largely underpinned by the country’s Constitution. The Department of Water Affairs & Forestry (DWAF) is in the process of gazetting a water resources classification system (WRCS), viewed by many to be a revolutionary approach to give effect to integrated water resources management, writes Harrison Pienaar, DWAF Chief Director: Resource Directed Measures.

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